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Jane Goodall is the most influential humane educator in the world with a message we can all heed.

We can each ask ourselves—as Jane Goodall asked—what kind of difference do I want to make?

Jane Goodall left a scientific career to be a humane educator to make the biggest possible difference.

The author with Jane Goodall Source: Photo by Edwin Barkdoll

When I was a child growing up in the '60s and '70s, watching National Geographic specials on TV, I wanted to be Jane Goodall. Not like her. Her. I could imagine no better life than observing and learning about chimpanzees.

But only Jane Goodall could be Jane Goodall, and I eventually fell into a more traditional path, even going to law school. That didn’t last long. I dropped out by Thanksgiving, read a book by a scientist w

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